Pablo Picasso working on the etching "Les coulisses du tableau: odalisque et peintre", 1970. Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins 1970.T his photo sequence was made during the making of Quinn’s film "Pablo Picasso l' homme et son oeuvre". "When Pablo Picasso was eighty-nine he asked Quinn to film him making a drypoint in order to demonstrate the steadiness of his hand". (Quinn in conversation with Marilyn McCully 1983)

At his home, Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie in Mougins, an 89-year-old Pablo Picasso demonstrates the steadiness of his hand for Edward Quinn's film camera in 1970. Dressed in a blue sweater vest and checkered trousers, he concentrates on the etching "Les coulisses du tableau: odalisque et peintre," which rests on a large round table in his cluttered, art-filled studio. Around him are personal effects, including an empty birdcage, a television, and a chair piled high with books.

Artworks:

"Suite 156 L003. Les coulisses du tableau: odalisque et peintre", 1970. Bloch.IV:1858; Geiser/Baer:1893.IX Ba.
Hakone:107

Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

AtWork, BirdCage, Books, RockingChair

Filename:

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